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Direct
Direct verb - To issue orders to (someone) by right of authority.
Usage example: our tour guide directed us to wait in front of the building until she could rejoin us
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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When your squadmates ask you a direct question there are three options: yes, no, and "no response".
Source: But Thou Must! -
Nice Job Breaking It, Hero: The Black Corephans were the direct result of nobody bothering to ask her where her children were.
Source: Characters / GL Sinestro Corps -
Hasbro was starting to ask them to pay a penalty for doing nothing with the film rights when Peter Berg came along and offered to direct. Ms.
Source: Film / Battleship
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